Classic Rock
Nick Mason would like to see AI making new Pink Floyd songs
The classic Pink Floyd line-up with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright was dissolved in the early 80s when Wright was forced out of the band by Waters. The band’s bassist and main songwriter decided to leave in 1985 but Gilmour and Mason reactivated the band without him, inviting Wright to join them again.
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Waters was never on good terms with Gilmour again, although they reunited at the Live 8 in 2005. They haven’t said good things about each other over the years and a reunion is extremely unlikely. So in an interview with The Mirror, Mason said that he would love to see what Artificial Intelligence would do with Pink Floyd’s music, showing what they could have written if they had stayed together.
Nick Mason would like to see AI making new Pink Floyd songs
“It would be fascinating to see what AI could do with new music. If you tried to run it as a sort of ‘Where did Pink Floyd go after?’ The thing to do would be to have an AI situation where David and Roger become friends again. We could be like ABBA by the time we’ve finished with it.
“In a 55-year career, most of it was great fun. We were enormously privileged to be in a successful band and tour the world and hang out with really interesting people. It’s a gold card to meet all sorts of your favorite sportsmen and actors,” Nick Mason said.
The version of the band without Waters disbanded after the 90s and Gilmour focused on his solo career. So Waters and Gilmour were always on and off touring performing Pink Floyd’s biggest hits. So in 2018, Nick Mason had the idea to form “Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets”, his own band, which is focused on performing songs from the first era of the band, which are not included constantly in the setlists of Roger and David when they are on tour.
He also talked about that project talking with The Mirror: “The best thing about keeping the thing going is for our benefit. It makes sense to keep it going rather than shutting it down. I also enjoy it because the more time passes, the more you can look at it with a rosier glint,” Nick Mason said.
